ShineAfric — Rates & Budget

Live CFA franc exchange rates, EUR to XOF and XAF converter, African economic news and an offline budget: ShineAfric brings together the three tools the African diaspora and entrepreneurs across the continent use every day, in a single free app, in English and French.

💱 EXCHANGE RATES
Follow the currencies that actually matter for Africa: CFA franc (XOF and XAF), Moroccan dirham, Nigerian naira, Ghanaian cedi, Kenyan shilling, US dollar and Chinese yuan.

The converter works both ways: pick the currency you hold and the one you want to receive. Based in Europe sending to Abidjan? In the United States converting to Douala? Both work.

The CFA franc's fixed parities are honoured at their official value, and floating currencies show how much they moved since yesterday — so you know whether today is a good day to send.

📰 AFRICAN ECONOMIC NEWS
Four African newsrooms specialised in economics: Agence Ecofin, Financial Afrik, African Business and Nairametrics. Not Africa covered from a distance — newsrooms that report on the continent every day.

Every article is summarised automatically so you can tell in two lines whether it's worth your time, and you can filter by region: West Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, East Africa, or the whole continent.

💰 MINI BUDGET
Log your expenses and income in seconds, with categories built for real life. A chart shows you where your money goes, month by month.

You can export the monthly report as a PDF and share it — handy for a family budget or simply to keep a record.

🔒 YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU
Your budget is stored on your phone only. It never reaches any server, not even ours. We cannot read it.

No account to create. No sign-up. No phone number asked. No third-party ad SDK, no trackers, no data resold.

📶 BUILT FOR SLOW CONNECTIONS
Rates and articles you already loaded stay available offline. A banner tells you when you're offline, so you always know how old the figures on screen are.

🌍 ENGLISH AND FRENCH
The whole app is translated, including budget categories and date and number formats.

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ShineAfric is built by ShineNows, a digital agency based in Worms, Germany. The app is free and will stay free. You'll also discover our other products, shown without ever blocking your way.

A question, a bug, a currency to add? infos@shinenows.com